The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced that electors on the voter list can now use any one of twelve alternative photo identity documents in addition to the Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to exercise their right to vote. This move aims to facilitate voter identification and prevent impersonation at polling stations.

EPICs, issued under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, have already reached nearly 100 percent of electors in Bihar and in the eight Assembly constituencies going to by-elections. The Commission has directed all Chief Electoral Officers to ensure that EPICs are delivered to new voters within 15 days of the final publication of the electoral rolls.

For voters whose names appear on the electoral ro

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